Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] it be [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Q.T 's are also reminded that it is through their efforts that class members see the range of goods we now sell ( a price list is attached . |
| 2 | I wonder what it 'd be like if the phone suddenly rung and it was for me . |
| 3 | Quite right ; but I 'd had a vague recollection , and looked it up , and although the shirt of the centaur Nessus , saturated as it was in his poisoned blood , had caused Hercules no end of pain … |
| 4 | If , however , thermal diffusion occurs , without a corresponding concentration diffusion , the particle will be cooled when it is above its equilibrium position and thus surrounded by cooler fluid . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't think Simone would have mentioned it if she had n't felt that it was for your own good , ’ he murmured . |
| 6 | It is less likely that any significant number of such staff will be persuaded that it is in their own interests to initiate sweeping reforms . |
| 7 | Western governments , and the populations that vote for them , have to be persuaded that it is in their own interests , quite apart from any considerations of common humanity , to start the reconstruction of the developing world . |
| 8 | On the other hand , on a different occasion she expressed feelings of depression and powerlessness in the face of professional opinion , conceding that she might allow him to go to residential school if it could be shown that it was in his best interests . |
| 9 | We lean towards the view that : ‘ Race is only used when it 's to somebody 's advantage , and I do n't mean the working-man 's advantage … |
| 10 | Hill climbing is so called because it is like what one would do to find the top of a hill in a Scottish mist : Keep going up . |
| 11 | This sad , artificial division between the theoretical and the empirical is quite unnecessary , but reflects the structure of the sociological profession itself , affected as it is by its history and its own peculiar form of development in Britain . |
| 12 | He 's forgiven because it 's in their essence never to hold back , and all their pent-up frustration is , if anything , a guiding focus for their supercharged spirit . |
| 13 | You know the father Christmas I 've just found and it 's on your white bookcase . |
| 14 | Nor in the case of animals will it undermine what we say of their consciousness , grounded as it is in their contiguity to the human paradigm . |
| 15 | First there was a vague lightening of the sky ahead , then the drumming of the rain was less persistent , the lesser darkness in the heavens spread until it was over them , they could distinguish the greater irregularities of the ground , the last few drops of rain splashed down and a blissful silence spread around them broken only by the sibillations of the water draining away among the rocks and the splash of their sodden feet . |
| 16 | ‘ Good , ’ he commented , and , making her heart leap with pleasure , ‘ I have to drive to Karlovy Vary this morning , and wondered , since you 've stated that it was on your itinerary , if you 'd like to come with me ? ’ |
| 17 | I have changed enough now to be shocked by the ease with which I let go of my Black identity , situated as it was in my real subordination on the basis of race and class , in exchange for an illusory equality with white men on the sexual plane . |
| 18 | The taxpayer , it said , had not established that it was beyond his powers to obtain the information . |
| 19 | In other words it 's not part of its standard employment allocation but it 's put it in the local plan so that people know , the locals know , that that field over there those fields over there erm are not guaranteed for ever as countryside but on the other hand they 're jolly well not gon na be released unless it 's for something extremely special for which there would be a statement carried through from the structure plan , elaborated on no doubt at local level , which set the rules . |
| 20 | The strong views expressed on both sides of the House — which in itself is unusual , divided as it is in its political structure — on the way that the right hon. Gentleman has carried out his job should send a clear message to the IRA : that it will not bomb its way to the conference table ; it will not affect us now ; it will not affect us during the general election ; and it will not affect us after the general election . |